Joy Cusack––staff
In Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing, one character asks another: “Why, what’s the matter, that you have such a February face, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?” Well, we hope this month’s issue puts another face on February—more of a countenance—which along with being defined as “the way one looks” also means “calm and composed . . . full of support.”
In the second installment of our 2012 Manual By-Law series, Tony Lobl shares insight into “Christ Jesus the En-sample.” He rests his case on Jesus’ life of healing as supreme proof of an infinite, loving God, and that this By-Law, set forth by Mary Baker Eddy, assures us, “No conversion tactics, no intellectual persuasiveness, no opinionated or judgmental coercion is called for or needed.” Close at hand is a wide embrace: “Individuals of all faiths and philosophies, and of none, deserve but one label . . . ‘cherished and beloved fellow children of God.’ ”
Another wide embrace is Shirley Paulson’s article, “Scientology or Christian Science?” As she separates fact from fiction, she says, “As a non-Scientologist, I can’t claim that I can talk about the faith fully, but my hope is to be fair and informative.”
And check out the interview with Christian Science practitioner and teacher Margarita Thatcher, which among other topics challenges foreclosures, unemployment, and homelessness—with the universal right to our true spiritual “home.”
So whether you’re imbibing the last days of winter in New England, or summer temperatures in a far part of the world, may these Journal pages banish all “frost, storm and cloudiness” from thought, so that February joyfully shines forth.
